8, new burlington street, w.
June 16. 1876
Dear Sir
I enclose a cheque for
[check pinned here; no longer
extant]
with many thanks.
Your article came very late, & only by displacing one, & making a slight curtailment of
the commencement could I get it in in time. You will therefore forgive this curtailment It is a quaint article
& I shall hope to hear from you again, especially when gd fun runs riot with you.
Yours very truly & obliged
George Bentley
Samℓ Clemens Esq
The American periodical was over here with yr paper in almost directly afterwards
